He's stamina has gotten better a little bit from the past though. Last season at 4CC near the end of his program he popped a few jumps and this year he at least landed all of them at the end of his program so there is some little improvement. He does take a while to get back into his program when he falls, CoR and CoC, but at worlds he was injured so maybe that might have affected his slowness to get up even more. It's been said he has asthma, but I wonder what is the main trigger for his attacks. It would suck if it was exercise.

Originally Posted by doctor2014

Yes, Hanyu’s biggest problem is lack of stamina. I hope Orser can fix this problem. Hanyu’s posture, OTOH, is not that bad compared to some of Orser’s other students. Christina, Javier, and Elene have worse posture than Hanyu, but Orser has not fixed their posture after all this time. It makes me wonder if Orser has paid attention to posture at all.

Originally Posted by Li'Kitsu

It's not just the jumps, I think his whole choreography was more difficult than last year, and therefor more exhausting to execute.
And besides the asthma, I read somewhere he couldn't have more than about 10h of practice per week because of his schooling. Maybe his stamina is something Orsers team can work on with him.

And gmyers, I said that about his posture because it's what I read quite a few times from different people. Not because that was my main issue with him or something like that.

Stamina has gottent a little better but I don't know how anybody after Hanyu skates say his biggest problem is posture when he looks close to fainting or collapsing after falls or after programs. He doesn't look healthy enough to skate at all.

Okay, here it goes. I hadn't really cared for men's field except for the rivalry between Chan and Dai. Even at Hanyu in Nice, I thought, "Boy, he was really amazing!" and that was just it for me. Lately I've had some time spared and sorted things I'd delayed for so long and one of them was, and I really tagged it like this, "Hanyu, HAVE TO WATCH HIM." And I did, finally.

Wow, he blew me away and this was such a thrill to have witnessed such a talent coming up this season! His jumps have got the power, which I value the most when it comes to jumps of men and women, and maturity is there, which gives a carriage to performances. I have a new favorite skater to my list So what I'm doing now writing this gibberish reply here is to declare that I'm now one of you

I've seen this thread growing up and it's almost 500 posts so I don't think I can catch up with you guys completely but I'll try from now on. It's gonna be extremely delightful seasons, so much to look forward from this young man!